ISO9001CERTIFIEDCOMPANY KALPATARUPOWERTRANSMISSIONLIMITED BRANCH OFFICE: PIAZZA GRANDE, AREA 108, V. SARGSYAN STR., YEREVAN, REPUBLICOFARMENIA. PHONE: +37410741980 Transmission Line Reconstruction Project Hrazdan to Shinuhayr Corridor Resettlement Action Plan Section 2: Lichk line (without Dzoragyugh, Tsakkar and Lichk) Contract: Procurement of Plant, Design, Supply and Installation of Noraduz – Lichk – Vardenis –Vyak – Vorotan 1 – 220kV Transmission Lines. Contract No.: HV_W_1/2011 dated 21.11.2012 Prepared by: Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited Date of submission: 27th January 2015 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................................ 5 GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................................... 6 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 8 1.1 Project Background ...................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Project Location ............................................................................................................ 8 1.3 Project Description ....................................................................................................... 9 1.4 Resettlement Action Plan Preparation Rationale .......................................................... 9 1.5 Objective and Scope of the Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan .......................... 10 1.6 Project Cut-Off Date ................................................................................................... 11 1.7 Document Disclosure ................................................................................................. 11 2. IMPACT ASSESSMENT ..................................................................................................... 12 2.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 12 2.2 Survey Methodology .................................................................................................. 12 2.3 Impact on Land ........................................................................................................... 13 2.3.1 Land classification as per RA law .......................................................................... 13 2.3.2 Land losses .............................................................................................................. 14 2.4 Impact on Crops.......................................................................................................... 15 2.5 Census of Affected Households and Impact on Their Livelihood ............................. 16 2.5.1 Socio-economic profile of affected households ...................................................... 16 2.5.2 Affected Households with Severe Impact on Income ............................................. 18 2.5.3 Impact on Poor and Vulnerable Households .......................................................... 18 2.6 Impact Summary......................................................................................................... 20 3. PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE .............................. 21 3.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 21 3.2 Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan.................................................................... 21 3.3 Public Consultation..................................................................................................... 21 3.3.1 Formal Public Consultations during RAP Preparation ........................................... 21 3.3.2 Informal Consultations ......................................................................................... 23 3.3.3 Public Consultations during RAP Implementation and Construction ............ 23 3.4 Information Disclosure ............................................................................................... 23 4. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM AND PROCEDURES ....................................... 25 4.1 Background ........................................................................................................................ 25 4.2 Grievance Redress Mechanism .......................................................................................... 25 2 4.2.1 First step .................................................................................................................. 25 4.2.2 Second step ............................................................................................................. 25 4.2.3 Third step ................................................................................................................ 26 4.3 Main Responsible parties ................................................................................................... 26 4.4 Process of Registering and Addressing Grievances ........................................................... 27 4.4.1 Tracking and documentation................................................................................... 27 4.4.2 Follow up ................................................................................................................ 27 4.5 GRM during Construction Stage ....................................................................................... 27 5. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ..................................................................................... 29 5.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 29 5.2 HVEN ......................................................................................................................... 29 5.2.1 General Description ................................................................................................ 29 5.2.2 Main responsibilities ............................................................................................... 30 5.2.3 Resettlement Action Plan Implementation Unit ..................................................... 30 5.3 HVEN Consultants ..................................................................................................... 30 5.3.1 Construction Contractor .......................................................................................... 30 5.3.2 Implementation Support Consultant ....................................................................... 30 5.3.3 Independent Consultant .......................................................................................... 30 5.4 State Governing Organizations ................................................................................... 31 5.5 Marzpetarans (Regional Authorities) ......................................................................... 31 5.6 Local Self-Governing Bodies ..................................................................................... 31 5.7 Grievance Redress Committee ................................................................................... 31 5.8 Non-Governmental Organisations .............................................................................. 32 5.9 World Bank................................................................................................................. 32 6. LEGAL FRAMEWORK ...................................................................................................... 33 6.1 Local Legal Framework .............................................................................................. 33 6.2 Comparison of Armenian Laws and the Policy for Involuntary Resettlement of the World Bank ............................................................................................................................... 33 6.3 Gap Analysis............................................................................................................... 34 7. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENT FRAMEWORK ..................................................... 36 7.1 Eligibility .................................................................................................................... 36 7.2 Entitlement Framework .............................................................................................. 36 7.2.1 Agricultural land ..................................................................................................... 37 7.2.2 State and Community Lands ................................................................................... 37 7.2.3 Other Compensations and Allowances ................................................................... 37 3 7.3 Entitlement Matrix ...................................................................................................... 38 7.4 Valuation of Affected Assets ...................................................................................... 39 8. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET .............................................................................................. 40 8.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 40 8.2 Sources and Allocation of Funds ................................................................................ 40 8.3 Compensation for Land Losses .................................................................................